Walthers Goo..?

brr posted:

I'm not sure what forum I should ask this question in...

I have quite a few old freight and passenger car kits, and, obviously, the old Walthers kits recommend using Goo. Is this a good glue for wood-to-wood? I've been using Titebond wood glue and super glue on previous kits. The wood glue is fine, but I'm not very impressed with any brand of super glue I've tried. Would Walthers Goo be something worth keeping in the tool box?  

My personal opinion is, stay with the Titebond Professional Wood Glue for any and all wood-to-wood projects.  For Super Glue, my preference is the Gorilla Glue brand of Super Glue.

Concerning Walther's Goo; I have found it handy for some jobs, like glueing weights inside boxcars, i.e. where it doesn't show. The Goo product is essentially "Ply-o-Bond". For seriously affixing something together, that will not be seen, stick the two pieces together with Goo, then add some of that supper thin ACC Super Glue. Make sure you have the two pieces where you REALLY want them, prior to adding the ACC.

Its worth keeping in a tool box but stick with Titebond for gluing wood. Use the Walthers for other items as gluing passengers to seats and temporary holdings. Goo can easily be removed with goo gone!

Walthers passenger car kits had metal sides and ends. Use the Goo or Plyobond to fix the metal to the wood frame. Or any other metal parts to wood. Back in the day it would be used to fix the window material to the metal sides but today Canopy glue is a better option.

Pete

As mentioned Goo is a contact cement similar to the Weldwood brand I use.    It is good to keep in the tool box.

But it is not easy to use for visible detail work.   One it sets up slowly, and second it is messy and difficult to get a nice looking joint.    However it holds very weill on anthing once set and will bond disimilar products.   

I find it is much more reliable than any superglue.

I agree with Hot Water.  I picked up a fresh tube of GOO today.  It still has some uses in our hobby.

I like the Titebond wood glue, too. However, I like the DAP Rapid Fuse Wood Glue for assemblies that I want to use almost immeadiately. It claims 30 second grab and 30 minute cure. My first project was two shelves for bottles of smoke. It worked as advertised. 30 minutes, glued together, glued in place. Loaded with bottles, it's been in place for 2 years. No nails, screws or anchors. It's a CA glue, for about 5 bucks.